OPTIMA PS1 PELLET STOVE
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FILLING THE HOPPER WITH PELLET FUEL:
Open the hopper lid by placing your fingers in the recessed handle on the hopper lid and lifting
up. Lift the lid until the prop rod catches and keeps the lid up.
Fill the hopper only with dry quality pellet fuel as noted in the fuel specification at the front of
the manual.
Check and remove any foreign objects or debris mixed in with the pellet fuel that could jam up
the fuel feed auger.
Be careful not to spill any fuel on the stove top and adjoining gaps. Spilling pellet fuel on the
floor can also pose a slipping hazard.
To close the hopper lid, support the hopper lid with the left hand while using the right hand to
pull the prop rod forward to release it from the catch.
CAUTION: Be sure to support the
hopper lid to prevent possible pinching of the fingers while releasing the lid prop rod.
Do not overfill the hopper so that the hopper lid will not close flush. When refilling the
hopper while the stove is operating, please do so as quickly as possible to minimize the
interruption of the fuel feed. The stove will shut down if the hopper lid remains open for
more than 5 minute. It is also likely that the flames in the burn pot will go out before the
time limit, especially on lower heat settings.
Do not allow the hopper run completely empty if possible. Once emptied, the auger feed
system will takes a long time to reload with pellets before starting to drop pellets into
the burn pot. If this happen, use the FUEL FEED button on the control panel to speed up
the process. Two or three restart cycle of the stove will be required before fuel will start
dropping into the burn pot.
WARNING:
This stove is equipped with a fuel feel auger interlock switch,
which will stop the fuel feed to the stove with the hopper lid opened. Re-fuel
as quickly as possible. The stove will not operate with the hopper lid open.